A. Vasudevan, The Literary Shed ‘You are what you eat’, they say (whoever the mysterious ‘they’ are). Certainly, that seems to be true for a small population of people living in Hunza, a remote, former princely state – some say…

Emma Harwood Four years after his Old Town snack bar was completely destroyed by fire, chef Leo O’Reilly is finally back in business. Leo – who lost everything in the blaze – celebrated the opening of his new gourmet breakfast…

White Rock Theatre, Hastings Friday 20th and Saturday 21st April 2018 This year marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of Opera South East, then known as Hastings Opera, first performing at the White Rock Theatre, Hastings, with a production of Bizet’s Carmen…

Gregory Jones Racist ideas and attitudes permeate the right wing of politics. This happens online, behind closed doors, and in cases such as the recent treatment of the Windrush-generation of post-war Caribbean immigrants, as part of official government policy. In…

Given the historic occasion of our 100th issue, I thought I’d replace the usual accounts and tax advice with something equally historical. Income tax has only been around in the UK since 1842 but various monarchs and governments have sought…

Erica Smith I joined the Labour Party on 6th May 2017 as a result of listening to too much right-wing reportage on Radio 4, plus David Francis pointing out in a Facebook post that we had the unique opportunity of…

Pete Prescott / Cliff Brooker Berforts Ltd, hardback, rrp £ Reviewed by TIM BARTON Sunday April 8th was Hastings Beatles Day, our annual celebration of The Beatles music. This year was the nineteenth event, and was themed around the fiftieth…

Written by John Hodge Director Maureen Nelson Performed at the Stables 6th – 14th April Reviewed by Hugh Bryant I saw this play, directed by Maureen Nelson who is on the more radical wing of the small army of local…

Shareholders and supporters urged to attend public meeting Friends of Hastings Pier (FOHP) has submitted an ambitious £3 million bid to take on Hastings Pier in an attempt to save it from being sold off into private ownership. The group…